Selling the weekly 40’s worked well this week and made back the loss from gamma last week in the form of decay this week (about 30c.) With the long holiday weekend on the horizon and …
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A little over a week ago, we placed a bet on the VIX that was predicated on the fact that with all the uncertainty around events in September that the VIX would effectively have a …
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MorningWord 8/30/13: As the global community contemplates airstrikes against Syria on what appears to be fairly clear evidence that the ruling regime used chemical weapons on civilians, Crude oil has seen a bit of a …
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The summer debate over taper / no taper is close to a resolution. As much as we’ve tried to avoid the simplification of financial markets to one central bank decision, we do still think the …
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Last night URBN announced that they had authorized a share repurchase program for up to 10 million shares, as there prior buyback from Aug 2011 had been fulfilled. Back on Aug 19th, URBN reported …
Continue readingHere’s a preview of what I’ll be discussing on Talking Numbers today between 3:20 and 3:30 pm EST on CNBC: GOOG has had a tough time rallying with the market ever since its weak earnings …
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MorningWord 8/29/13: The peak to trough correction in the SPX back in May/June was about 7.5% (from the intra-day levels), only to make new highs in a little more than a month from the June …
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Most professional portfolio managers, whatever their sales pitch, are in the business of chasing performance. Their career is always more at risk if they miss the big trends than if they fail together with the …
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Quiet volumes in stock and options after yesterday’s big down move. AAPL – By far the most active name. The weekly 490 and weekly 495 puts were the most active lines, as the call to put …
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We have written a lot about TSLA this year as the stock has captured the imagination of investors, and car enthusiasts, while also grabbing a ton of headlines in a stock market rally that has …
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